Recognise anyone? From the 50s to the 90s we take a look at your Lincolnshire childhood memories in pictures

Everyone who was a kid in the late 1970s must have memories of the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. Here are some maypole dancing children at Bishop King School , Lincoln in 1977

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Every person’s memories are unique, but when asked to pick out favourites most people’s minds inevitably turn to childhood.

From Christmas parties, braving the icy waters of Boultham Park Swimming Baths, making daisy chains, playing football in the street to making Easter bonnets and being the first to use the school’s one and only computer, there are so many things we used to get up to.

Some are simple pleasures that kids still enjoy today others have gone out of fashion or are consigned to history for health and safety reasons.

The wheelbarrow race was an old favourite with children. This is St Faith's School, sports day West Common in 1953

And even though memories are unique they are also the perfect thing to share with friends. With the passage of time even things that seemed bad at the time can be a source of great hilarity years later. Like getting detention for a silly cheeky prank.

It was a big event when a television was presented to Navenby School in 1970.

This month’s Lincolnshire Echo’s nostalgia supplement (available to buy from Tuesday, November 7), will focus on growing up in Lincolnshire. It will feature pictures from the 1950s right through to the 1990s picked from the Lincolnshire Echo’s extensive archive.